National Juried Exhibition

About the Exhibition

The Delaplaine’s National Juried Exhibition is an annual show featuring works in a variety of media by artists from around the region and nation. All media are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, installation, and sculpture.

Application Process

  • Artists must enter their artwork through the online portal here: EntryThingy portal.
  • In order to access EntryThingy, artists must sign in or create a login and password.
  • Scroll Down to 2024 National Juried Exhibition.
  • Three submissions per artist will be accepted.

The 2025 National Juried Exhibition Artists:

John Allen, XXIV 01

Esperanza Alzona, Zipper

Peter Ambush, Cowry

Douglas Anderson, The King of Climate Change

Jennifer Baker, Symphony

Ave Barr, Untitled

Wendy Bellermann, Willendorf Aphrodite

Jeffrey Berg, The Landscape Within

Gary Bergel, WILDFLOWERS THAT WERE

Jason Bly, Those That Fasten the Triggers

Maria Brito, Displaced Homes

Mindy Brown, Fluid Dynamics #3

Attalia Brown, Easy Money’s Cost

Michael Bruner, Punching a hole in the tilta whirl

Michael Bruner, Ordinary things #1: Pencil

Andrea Carrillo, Dainty Daisy

Jessica Cherry, Entwined

Vicki Clarkson, A Memory

Robert Cohe, Multi-Culturism and the Melting Pot

Chris Combs, Insert 25 Cents to Feel Something

Chris Combs, Echo Chamber

Sharon Coons, Into the Woods

Michel Demanche, The yellow king 2.23 small birds can’t thrive

Steven Dobbin, Remnants

Sharon Emery, Ever Watchful No.2

Luc Fiedler, Where Are We Going

Alison Gayne, TRANSFIGURATION

Jodi Hoover, The Rabbit Shook with Fear

Carol A. Jason, A Spire

Alexander Jones, USA™

Alexander Jones, Shattered

John Kachik, Civil Wrongs

John Kachik, One Nation Under Gun

Melanie Kehoss, Fowl Play and Egg Money

Leslie King, Predator and Prey vs.1

David Knopp, Tides

Daeun Lim, Tiles with affordances

Ruth Lozner, Life Cycle 1.0

Stacy Lund Levy, Max Times Three

Zdeno Mayercak, All You Have Are Memories

Zdeno Mayercak, Anxiety

Stacey McGiffin, The Sentinel

Angie Meche Kilcullen, Emerge (Nancy, Tijuana)

Angie    Meche Kilcullen, Beloved (Tijuana)

Zara Muradyan, Acceptance

Paul Murray, The Last Dance

Paul Murray, Adaptation

Dominie Nash, At The Point

Eric Ordway, Sangria Set

Judeth Pekala Hawkins, Bird Feeder

Griffin Permenter, The Observatory

Griffin Permenter, Untitled

Pamela Phillips, The Depth of Blue

Michael Poness, Tangled Up In Blue

Jerome Prettyman, Harvest Field

Elise Racine, Algorithmic Colonialism

Elise Racine, Interoculaire

Jim Roberts, we are all product

Lori Rounds, Ancient Passage

Lori Rounds, Clouds Roll in at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC

Catherine Rubin, Summer

Pat Scull, The Chanteuse

Vance Shin Wannemacher, Self portrait and my brothers fist

Linda Syverson Guild, Chroma Explosion

Jennifer Waller, waiting outside the door for a breath

Bill Watson, Watson, Crick, and Franklin (triptych)

Cathy Wilkin, The End of Humans

About the Juror

Jacob Muldowney

Jacob Muldowney is Assistant Professor of Art at Hood College, in Frederick, MD. He exhibits nationally and internationally, including at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis and the Bradbury Art Museum, and is the recipient of many awards and honors, and his work is in the collections of institutions such as The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Arkansas State University, and the Siena Art Institute. Muldowney’s painting practice currently focuses on recontextualizing found imagery into absurdist tableaux.

Important Dates:

Deadline for Entries:
March 23, 2025

Notification of Jury Results:
April 2, 2025

Exhibition Dates:
May 3-July 13, 2025

Prizes:

  • First Place–$1,000
  • Second Place–$500
  • Third Place–$250
  • Honorable Mention–$125

Questions? Contact Corey Frey, Exhibitions Manager (301-698-0656 x108)